I started using henna three-four months ago, as I was sick of spending so much time and money at the hairdresser, only to have the color fade after less than a week. I'm so pleased with the results, although dying with henna is messy and takes effort, the color doesn't fade, and gets prettier every time I dye it- I do my roots and freshen up the rest of the hair once a month, this is how it looked after the last time I coloured it:

(please ignore the lack of makeup and styling )

I use Caca Rouge henna from Lush- my natural hair color is chestnut brown, and the henna comes out bright red on the roots without having to bleach it first.

I bleach my eyebrows, as they're naturally very dark- this time I over-did the bleaching a little, I think I'll have it done in a salon from now on- I don't have to do everything at home.

I wish henna came with a color panel like boxed dyes do. That's really the only thing stopping me from trying it. You just never know what color or intensity you will get and you can't (or rather not recommended that you) chemically dye over it to fix it.

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Could anyone recommend a dye that will achieve this colour? Obviously it's a red/combination of reds from the Majirouge range, so if anyone could pin point the exact colour(s), that would be great!
source: bluntlondon.com

yesterday I did bleach my hair and did put red hair colour.
since my hair was dyed to black like hundred of times there was only hint of red.
now I am having another bleach and another red hair colour wating me.
let´s hope it turn out good!
it is going to be dark red...like cherry red. hahha don´t know how to explane better.

yesterday I did bleach my hair and did put red hair colour.
since my hair was dyed to black like hundred of times there was only hint of red.
now I am having another bleach and another red hair colour wating me.
let´s hope it turn out good!
it is going to be dark red...like cherry red. hahha don´t know how to explane better.

If your hair has been dyed black over and over, you might need several rounds of bleaching to get it red, maybe even go to the hairdresser and get it done. I tried to bleach my hair, which had been dyed black for a few years, myself, and it didn't work- the black pigments just wouldn't go away. I reccomend going to the hairdresser instead of bleaching and dying at home 10 times, to avoid completely destroying your hair.

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I did bleach my hair two times and added the red colour, I am satified the way my hair looks now. It is red, like deep red wine red just the way I wanted it to be.
Oh, and I did put lot´s of good conditioner in my hair and it is fine.

I really did not wanna go to hairdresser because they never do what I wanna them to do. They allways make my hair look bad.....

i kind of want to go reddish.. im used to having black/blue-black hair but over the summer i did a ombre color and im sick of it... so i want a really dark reddish-brown.. any color ideas? im very pale.